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OSP Social Media Resource
Notes for Teachers and Facilitators and
Ontario Curriculum Connections
Welcome to the Ontario Skills Passport (OSP) Social Media Resource!
This resource helps learners use social media
safely and effectively to showcase their
Essential Skills and work habits and get
noticed when they are looking for a great:
post-secondary program
apprenticeship
volunteer position
job or internship
Learners who are familiar with Essential Skills and work habits
and tools and resources on the OSP website will be in a great
position to successfully complete the activities in this resource.
The OSP Overview for Learners is a good place to start and
then teachers can help select videos and other introductory
activities based on the needs of the learners.
The OSP Social Media Resource includes an Introduction and four modules. A brief description of the
content is shown below.
Introduction to the OSP Social Media Resource
Teachers and facilitators may choose to assign all or some of the introductory activities included with this
resource:
Introductory video
Overview of how to use this resource
Introduction to some popular social media websites
Social Media Quiz
Cyber Safety Tips Sheet
Internet Safety Quiz
Social Media Reflection
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OSP Social Media Resource Modules
The four modules are listed below.
Module 1 Learners:
Use social media to conduct research about their future career.
Module 2 Learners:
Create a great bio to make a great impression.
Create online content that genuinely reflects who they are while showcasing
their transferable Essential Skills and work habits. This can help them stand
out in the crowd of people who may be applying for the same job, academic
program or volunteer opportunity.
Collect great social proof of their skills and accomplishments using OSP tools
and resources such as OSP Work Plans and OSP Community Involvement
Worksheets.
Module 3 Learners:
Critically review and build their online reputation or “personal brand”.
Improve their brand so that they stand out from other people who are
interested in pursuing the same career and learning or training opportunities.
Module 4 Learners:
Find out how to create, build and use their social media network as an
important tool for realizing their personal and academic goals.
Learners can do the modules in order from 1 to 4 or teachers/facilitators can assign only certain
modules, depending on the needs of the learners. For example, some learners may not yet be at the
stage where they are ready to complete the “building your brand” activities in module 3.
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Ontario Curriculum Connections and Essential Skills Tasks
Each module has curriculum connections to the following courses:
Career Studies , Grade 10 , Open, (GLC2O)
Designing Your Future, Grade 11, Open (GWL3O)
Navigating the Workplace, Grade 12, Open (GLN4O)
English, Grade 11, College Preparation (ENG3C)
English, Grade 11, Workplace Preparation (ENG3E)
English, Grade 12, College Preparation (ENG4C)
English, Grade 12, Workplace Preparation (ENG4E)
This OSP Social Media Resource is just one of hundreds of sample activities created by teachers for
teachers. Each activity in the OSP Sample Activity Database links Essential Skills and the Ontario
Curriculum.
Benefits of Identifying Essential Skills Tasks in Classroom Activities
Essential Skills tasks must, by definition, be something an individual would do outside the classroom.
Every OSP activity identifies the Essential Skills tasks, Essential Skills and skill levels as well as the
work habits that learners demonstrate when completing these activities. This helps increase relevancy
and engagement for learners - questions like “Why am I learning this?” and “When will I ever use this?”
become much easier to answer when activities have an Essential Skills focus.
Learners who can identify the Essential Skills they have demonstrated in
classroom activities can go to the OSP to see how workers use their
Essential Skills in occupations and how we use our Essential Skills and
work habits in work, learning and life. This can help learners make more
personal connections with classroom activities when they see how they
can transfer these same Essential Skills and work habits to everyday life
and the next place they go – whether it’s further education, training or the
workplace.
Identify the Essential Skills tasks in your favourite classroom
activities!
Use A Guide to Linking Essential Skills and the Curriculum to learn the
two-step method of connecting instruction to Essential Skills.
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The following section lists curriculum connections for each of the courses listed above and the Essential
Skills tasks, Essential Skills and skill levels as well as work habits that learners demonstrate when
completing activities in the OSP Social Media Resource.
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OSP Social Media Resource - Ontario Curriculum Connections
Module 1 – The Power of Social Media Research
Courses Curriculum Expectations Essential Skills Tasks
Career Studies , Grade 10 ,
Open, (GLC2O)
Exploration of Opportunities
use a research process to locate and
select relevant career information from a
variety of sources for inclusion in a
portfolio;
Research the social media
accounts of companies you
are interested in to learn about
career opportunities and the
type of social media presence
they project through their
online posts.
Record notes as you conduct the research. Essential Skills:
Reading (3)
Finding Information (2)
Computer Use (2)
Document Use (2)
Writing (1)
OSP Work Habits:
Working Independently
Initiative
Designing Your Future,
Grade 11, Open (GWL3O)
Navigating the Workplace,
Grade 12, Open (GLN4O)
Exploration of Opportunities
use research skills and strategies to
gather and interpret relevant information
about work and
learning opportunities;
Exploration of Opportunities
demonstrate the ability to research
information about learning and work
opportunities, using print, electronic, and
human resources;
English, Grade 11, College
Preparation (ENG3C)
English, Grade 11,
Workplace Preparation
(ENG3E)
English, Grade 12, College
Preparation (ENG4C)
English, Grade 12,
Workplace Preparation
(ENG4E)
Reading and Literature Studies
1. Reading for Meaning
read and demonstrate an understanding
of a variety of informational, literary,
and graphic texts, using a range of
strategies to construct meaning;
2.Understanding Form and Style
recognize a variety of text forms, text
features, and stylistic elements
and demonstrate understanding of how
they help communicate meaning; Media Studies
1. Understanding Media Texts
demonstrate an understanding of a
variety of media texts; 2 Understanding Media Forms,
Conventions, and Techniques: identify
some media forms and
explain how the conventions and
techniques associated with them are
used to create meaning;
Research labour market
information online to learn
more about and compare
potential career choices (e.g.,
wages, unemployment rates).
Essential Skills:
Reading Text (3)
Computer Use (2)
Finding Information (2)
Document Use (3)
Note: Reading labour market
information is rated as a
Document Use task at level 3
because the learner is looking at
information presented in multiple
displays, in tables and graphs in
addition to text.
Work Habits:
Working Independently
Initiative
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Module 1 – The Power of Social Media Research (continued)
Courses Curriculum Expectations Essential Skills Tasks
Career Studies , Grade 10 ,
Open, (GLC2O)
Preparation for Transition and Change
use appropriate decision-making and
planning processes to set goals and
develop a career plan;
Exploration of Opportunities
use a research process to locate and
select relevant career information from a
variety of sources for inclusion in a
portfolio;
Reflect on the Individual
Pathways Plan (IPP)
questions (Who am I? What
are my opportunities? Who do
I want to become? What is my
plan for achieving my goals?).
Fill in your IPP to highlight the
skills you developed in the
module activities. Use
authentic records such as the
OSP Work Plan and OSP
Community Involvement
Worksheets to provide proof of
skills demonstrations.
Essential Skills:
Reading Text (3)
Document Use (3)
Critical Thinking (2)
Finding Information (2)
OSP Work Habits:
Organization
Reliability
Initiative
Self-advocacy
Designing Your Future,
Grade 11, Open (GWL3O)
Personal Knowledge and Management
Skills
select and organize documentation
(e.g., certificates of training in
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
(CPR),Workplace Hazardous Materials
Information Systems (WHMIS), Service
Excellence, SuperHost; work samples;
reference letters) from various sources
(e.g., work experience, community
involvement, school-based programs) to
develop their comprehensive or targeted
portfolios;
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Module 2 – Creating Your Marketing Materials
Courses Curriculum Expectations Essential Skills Tasks
Designing Your Future, Grade
11, Open (GWL3O)
Personal Knowledge and
Management Skills
analyse their personal
characteristics, strengths,
interests, skills, and
competencies to determine
career-related goals;
Choose which personal
characteristics, strengths,
interests and transferable skills to
include in your bio and that will
make a great first impression on
professional contacts and help
you achieve your goals.
Essential Skills:
Decision Making (2)
Write an online bio that
showcases your personal
characteristics, strengths,
interests and transferable skills.
Essential Skills:
Writing (2)
Navigating the Workplace,
Grade 12, Open (GLN4O)
Essential Skills for Work,
Learning and Life
demonstrate an understanding of
the workplace essential skills
necessary for success in life,
school, and work;
English, Grade 11, College
Preparation (ENG3C)
English, Grade 11, Workplace
Preparation (ENG3E)
English, Grade 12, College
Preparation (ENG4C)
English, Grade 12, Workplace
Preparation (ENG4E)
Reading and Literature Studies
1. Reading for Meaning:read and
demonstrate an understanding of
a variety of literary, informational,
and graphic texts, using a range
of strategies to construct
meaning;
Writing
1. Developing and Organizing
Content: generate, gather, and
organize ideas and information to
write for an intended purpose
and audience;
3. Applying Knowledge of
Conventions: use editing,
proofreading, and publishing
skills and strategies, and
knowledge of language
conventions, to correct errors,
refine expression, and present
their work effectively;
Read and compare Alyssa’s two
social media profiles (before and
after).
Essential Skills:
Reading (2)
Write two or three paragraphs
describing if you think that
Alyssa’s social media makeover
is effective. Decide how you
could apply some of these tips to
your own profile.
Note: This is more of a
classroom task than a task
someone would do outside the
classroom so it is not identified
as an Essential Skills task – no
skills or skill levels are assigned.
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Courses Curriculum Expectations Essential Skills Tasks
Navigating the Workplace,
Grade 12, Open (GLN4O)
Personal Management
demonstrate an understanding of
their interests, strengths, and
needs, and describe how these
influence their postsecondary
education, training, and career
plans;
Create online content that
projects a positive social media
presence and will help you stand
out in a crowd of people who
may be applying for the same
job, academic program or
volunteer opportunity. Write text
that includes links to (or postings
of) articles, videos, podcasts and
other content that reflect your
professional goals.
Essential Skills:
Reading Text (3) – to select relevant
articles
Writing (3)
Decision Making (2)
Finding Information (2)
Computer Use (2)
OSP Work Habits:
Working Independently
Reliability
Entrepreneurship
English, Grade 11, College
Preparation (ENG3C)
English, Grade 11, Workplace
Preparation (ENG3E)
English, Grade 12, College
Preparation (ENG4C)
English, Grade 12, Workplace
Preparation (ENG4E)
Writing
1. Developing and Organizing
Content: generate, gather, and
organize ideas and information to
write for an intended purpose
and audience;
2. Using Knowledge of Form and
Style: draft and revise their
writing, using a variety of
informational, literary, and
graphic forms and stylistic
elements appropriate for the
purpose and audience;
3. Applying Knowledge of
Conventions: use editing,
proofreading, and publishing
skills and strategies, and
knowledge of language
conventions, to correct errors,
refine expression, and present
Choose which personal
characteristics, strengths,
interests and transferable skills to
include in your bio and that will
make a great first impression on
professional contacts and help
you achieve your goals.
Essential Skills:
Decision Making (2)
Write an online bio that
showcases your personal
characteristics, strengths,
interests and transferable skills.
Essential Skills:
Writing (2)
Create online content that
projects a positive social media
presence and will help you stand
out in a crowd of people who
may be applying for the same
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their work effectively;
Media Studies
3. Creating Media Texts: create a
variety of media texts for different
purposes and audiences, using
appropriate forms, conventions,
and techniques;
job, academic program or
volunteer opportunity. Write text
that includes links to (or postings
of) articles, videos, podcasts and
other content that reflect your
professional goals.
Essential Skills:
Reading Text (3) – to select
relevant articles
Writing (3)
Decision Making (2)
Finding Information (2)
Computer Use (2)
OSP Work Habits:
Working Independently
Reliability
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Module 2 – Creating Your Marketing Materials (continued)
Courses Curriculum Expectations Essential Skills Tasks
Career Studies , Grade 10 ,
Open, (GLC2O)
Personal Management
evaluate and apply the personal-
management skills and
characteristics needed for school
success, document them in their
portfolio, and demonstrate their
use in a variety of settings;
Evaluate the suitability,
appropriateness and relevance of
additions to your portfolio.
Consider the current contents of
your portfolio and which
documents provide strong
evidence of your skills and
accomplishments (i.e. OSP Work
Plan and OSP Community
Involvement Worksheets).
Essential Skills:
Reading Text (3)
Document Use (3)
Critical Thinking (2)
OSP Work Habits:
Organization
Initiative
Designing Your Future, Grade
11, Open (GWL3O)
Personal Knowledge and
Management Skills
maintain a portfolio for use in
career planning that provides up-
to-date evidence of knowledge,
skills, interests, and experience;
Designing Your Future, Grade
11, Open (GWL3O)
Preparation for Transitions and
Change
apply goal-setting and action-
planning processes to prepare
for the transition from secondary
school to their first
postsecondary destination and
for future transitions in their
career.
Reflect on the Individual
Pathways Plan (IPP) questions
(Who am I? What are my
opportunities? Who do I want to
become? What is my plan for
achieving my goals?).
Fill in your IPP to highlight the
skills you developed in the
module activities. Use authentic
records such as the OSP Work
Plan and OSP Community
Involvement Worksheets to
provide proof of skills
demonstrations.
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Courses Curriculum Expectations Essential Skills Tasks
Essential Skills:
Reading Text (3)
Document Use (3)
Critical Thinking (2)
Finding Information (2)
OSP Work Habits:
Organization
Reliability
Initiative
Self-advocacy
Career Studies , Grade 10 ,
Open, (GLC2O)
Preparation for Transition and
Change
use appropriate decision-making
and planning processes to set
goals and develop a career plan;
Reflect on the Individual
Pathways Plan (IPP) questions
(Who am I? What are my
opportunities? Who do I want to
become? What is my plan for
achieving my goals?).
Fill in your IPP to highlight the
skills you developed in the
module activities. Use authentic
records such as the OSP Work
Plan and OSP Community
Involvement Worksheets to
provide proof of skills
demonstrations.
Essential Skills:
Reading Text (3)
Document Use (3)
Critical Thinking (2)
Finding Information (2)
OSP Work Habits:
Organization
Reliability
Initiative
Self-advocacy
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Module 2 – Creating Your Marketing Materials (continued)
Courses Curriculum Expectations Essential Skills Tasks
Navigating the Workplace,
Grade 12, Open (GLN4O)
demonstrate the ability to use a
process to reflect on their home,
school, or work experiences (that
is, describe their experience,
assess their performance, set
goals for future performance,
identify strategies for achieving
them, apply the learning in a new
situation), and explain how this
reflection process contributes to
continuous learning;
use a decision-making process to
make informed choices (e.g., to
select opportunities for learning,
to prioritize workplace tasks) in
the school, community, or
workplace, and analyse the
impact of their decisions on
themselves and others;
Reflect on the Individual
Pathways Plan (IPP) questions
(Who am I? What are my
opportunities? Who do I want to
become? What is my plan for
achieving my goals?).
Fill in your IPP to highlight the
skills you developed in the
module activities. Use authentic
records such as the OSP Work
Plan and OSP Community
Involvement Worksheets to
provide proof of skills
demonstrations.
Essential Skills:
Reading Text (3)
Document Use (3)
Critical Thinking (2)
Finding Information (2)
OSP Work Habits:
Organization
Reliability
Initiative
Self-advocacy
Advanced Learning Strategies:
Skills for Success After
Secondary School,
Grade 12, Open
(GLS4O/GLE4O/GLE3O)
Planning for Learning
identify a variety of resources
(e.g., library, Internet, tutors,
guidance office, school
personnel, community agencies)
available to support student
learning;
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Module 3 – Building Your Brand
Courses Curriculum Expectations Essential Skills Tasks
Career Studies , Grade 10 ,
Open, (GLC2O)
Preparation for Transition and
Change
use appropriate decision-making
and planning processes to set
goals and develop a career plan;
Assess your online reputation.
Examine your social media
profiles and postings on others’
sites that are related to you.
Determine whether posts and
pictures reflect the image you
would like to portray to potential
employers, schools and
volunteer agencies.
Essential Skills: Critical Thinking (2) Finding Information (2)
Computer Use (2)
Adjust your privacy settings to
ensure that your social media
privacy is at the appropriate
levels.
Essential Skills: Computer Use (2) Create a schedule to specify
when you plan to review and
evaluate your pictures and posts
online.
Essential Skills:
Document Creation (no rating)
Scheduling or Budgeting and
Accounting (1)
Navigating the Workplace,
Grade 12, Open (GLN4O)
Essential Skills for Work and
Learning
demonstrate effective use of
learning and thinking strategies
in school and in real or
simulated workplace settings;
Advanced Learning Strategies:
Skills for Success After
Secondary School,
Grade 12, Open
(GLS4O/GLE4O/GLE3O)
demonstrate effective use of
decision-making, goal-setting,
and action-planning skills and
strategies to prepare for
transition to their first
postsecondary destination
Designing Your Future, Grade
11, Open (GWL3O)
English, Grade 11, College Preparation (ENG3C)
English, Grade 11, Workplace Preparation (ENG3E)
English, Grade 12, College Preparation (ENG4C)
English, Grade 12, Workplace
Preparation (ENG4E)
analyse their personal
characteristics, strengths,
interests, skills, and
competencies to
determine career-related goals;
Reflecting on Skills and
Strategies: reflect on and identify
their strengths as media
interpreters
and creators, areas for
improvement, and the strategies
they found most helpful in
understanding
and creating media texts.
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Module 4 – Building Your Network
Courses Curriculum Expectations Essential Skills Tasks
Designing Your Future, Grade
11, Open (GWL3O)
identify and expand the network
of contacts that may assist them
in accessing the “hidden”
(unadvertised) job market in a
field of interest;
Identify and choose networking
opportunities to assist you in
reaching your goals.
Essential Skills:
Finding Information (3)
Reading Text (3)
Decision Making (2)
Computer Use (2)
Advanced Learning Strategies:
Skills for Success After
Secondary School,
Grade 12, Open
(GLS4O/GLE4O/GLE3O)
English, Grade 11, College
Preparation (ENG3C)
English, Grade 11, Workplace
Preparation (ENG3E)
English, Grade 12, College
Preparation (ENG4C)
English, Grade 12, Workplace
Preparation (ENG4E)
demonstrate an understanding of
the importance of networking,
mentorship, and self-advocacy to
the achievement of
postsecondary goals (e.g., work,
travel, training, further
education); and demonstrate
understanding of how they help
communicate meaning;
Writing
1. Developing and Organizing
Content: generate, gather, and
organize ideas and information to
write for an intended purpose
and audience;
2. Using Knowledge of Form and
Style: draft and revise their
writing, using a variety of literary,
informational, and graphic forms
and stylistic elements appropriate
for the purpose and audience;
Media Studies
1. Understanding Media Texts
demonstrate an understanding of
a variety of media texts; 2 Understanding Media Forms,
Conventions, and Techniques:
identify some media forms and
explain how the conventions and
techniques associated with them
are used to create meaning;
Record notes as you conduct the research on building your network. Essential Skills:
Writing (1)
Read potential networking
contacts’ social media postings
to learn about their interests and
to consider how best to
communicate with them online or
in person.
Essential Skills:
Reading Text (3)
Oral Communication (2)
(if there is verbal contact with
person who is a networking
opportunity)
Work Habits:
Reliability
Initiative
Entrepreneurship
Self-advocacy
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Courses Curriculum Expectations Essential Skills Tasks
Reading and Literature Studies
1. Reading for Meaning
read and demonstrate an
understanding of a variety of
informational, literary,
and graphic texts, using a range
of strategies to construct
meaning;
2.Understanding Form and Style
recognize a variety of text forms,
text features, and stylistic
elements
Navigating the Workplace,
Grade 12, Open (GLN4O)
Essential Skills for Working and
Learning
plan for, assess, and document
their ongoing development and
demonstration of selected
workplace essential skills.
Preparation for Transition and
Change
use appropriate decision-making
and planning processes to set
goals and develop a career plan;
Reflect on the Individual
Pathways Plan (IPP) questions
(Who am I? What are my
opportunities? Who do I want to
become? What is my plan for
achieving my goals?).
Fill in your IPP to highlight the
skills you developed in the
module activities. Use authentic
records such as the OSP Work
Plan and OSP Community
Involvement Worksheets to
provide proof of skills
demonstrations.
Essential Skills:
Reading Text (3)
Document Use (3)
Critical Thinking (2)
Finding Information (2)
OSP Work Habits:
Organization
Reliability
Initiative
Self-advocacy
Career Studies , Grade 10 ,
Open, (GLC2O)